by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 25, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Online Security, Password Authentication
If you question whether cyber-attacks and hacking is becoming a business of its own, then read the following June 22, 2012 re-posted article from PC Magazine’s SecurityWatch by Fahmida Y. Rashid.. Malware-as-a-Service Simplifies Launching Cyber-Attacks By...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 18, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Smartcards
Access Smart® Announces Power LogOn® Administrator 5.3 for Smart Cards Access Smart LLC, a leading developer of password and network access authentication solutions through the use of smart card technology, today announced Power LogOn Administrator 5.3 for mid-sized...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 15, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Online Security, Password Authentication
Corporate security is no longer about locks and keys to keep intruders out of an office or building. Biometrics identity and data security have become the treasure that needs to be guarded. (Re-Posting from BIOMIDS – Biometric Identification and Security...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 14, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Social Networking
Data breach can affect other “SoNet” Junkies The hack of the social networking (“SoNet”) giant LinkedIn may have made your company more vulnerable to a data breach. The recent attack where 6.5 million passwords were posted on a Russian online...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 13, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Online Security, Social Networking
A Data Breach can still bankrupt a business In Ponemon Institution’s annual “Cost of Data Breach Study” shows that the cost per record lost and the average cost of a data breach dropped in 2011. The cost per record dropped from $214 to $194, and from an average breach...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 8, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage
Dangers of Traveling Overseas with Mobile Phones, Laptops, PDA’s and other Electronic Devices Re-posting from “The Talon Shield”, June 2012, Issue #6 Hotel business centers and phone networks are regularly monitored in many countries. In some...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 6, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Online Security
Emergency patch was just the first step in stopping further Flame-type attacks The following is a copy of a Flame article from Dark Reading the emergency patch for Windows issued yesterday by the software giant Dark Reading Microsoft plans to beef up security for its...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 6, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management
Simple Security Questions Weaken Passwords Today it was reported that presumptive GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney had his personal Hotmail account hacked by someone who figured out Romney’s answer to the “Forgot Password” security question....
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 3, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Online Security
Cloud Computing – A Poem of Warning The SPYder and the Guy By Dovell Bonnett (June 28, 2011) “Welcome to my cloud?” said the SPYder to the Guy, “‘Tis the cheapest little cloud that ever you will try; The way into my cloud is to...
by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 3, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management
Anonymous is helping IT convince management to beef up network security. Organizations like Anonymous takes great pride in breaking into corporate networks they politically disagree with. Recently the Canadian Grand Prix, U.S. Department of Justice and Alpha Unmanned...